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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1917
Page
2
Illinois Democratic structure lists national and state committee members with Edwardsville and Chicago figures, ward chiefs across Chicago, and multiple district headquarters. It names chairs secretaries treasurers and ward by ward leadership, plus address details for numerous precincts and headquarters. This roster-like update assigns key offices from county to city wards and notes meeting sites and contact points.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous club headquarters with numbers and street addresses such as 3845 Park Ave and 1462 W. North Ave. It names presidents including Edward J Kaindl Joseph Petlak James C Gavin Thos J Johnson and Frank J Ryan. Details include meeting days Fridays Thursdays and specific telephone exchanges like Monroe Lincoln and Canal. The text reads like a directory of civic or fraternal lodge sites with secretary contacts and street locations.
The city claims the right to issue permits for all sidewalk news stands and to decide which papers may be sold, enforcing a daily monopoly. Abutting property owners are excluded from influence, while sidewalks must be kept clean and trees belong to the city under a permit system. John Vogelsang and John Cunningham are praised for contributions to Chicago life and business.
Washington City letter details a patriotic mother with an eleven month old child who offers to join the Red Cross civilian relief, saying she can sew and nurse while two of her sons serve on the border. Mrs. Harvey notes many similar letters and urges organized effort to ease wartime suffering, especially for children.
Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri recalls nearly investing in coal lands at 80 cents an acre at age twenty three, choosing Missouri after seeing a walnut from Daniel Boone’s log cabin and Benton’s teddy stick. he plans to cut the walnut into two pen holders for his children.
At the Washington navy yard the first US service station to employ girl telephone operators now has six young women in former Marine roles. They staff two shifts, come from city exchanges, and will be uniformed as Naval Reserve corps members.
The article describes a shift to wartime urgency in Washington. Cabinet members work around the clock, religious routines relax, and the capitol dome glows under searchlights to inspire patriotism. Security tightens with secret service, plainclothes officers, and soldiers guarding the White House.
A fragment discusses a Chinese white night flower turning red in sunlight, a Hebrew word for weasel likely meaning mole in Leviticus, and herbs like mint in biblical passages. It cites Syria diamond exports in 1915 versus 1914 and 1918, then reflects on olive leaves not being deciduous and their gray-green beauty.
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